Triple

T14031970
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Castlefield Basin E337611 entity
Predicate connectedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal was a short, now-disused industrial waterway in Manchester that once linked key basins and canals beneath the city to facilitate freight transport during the industrial era.
E1086677 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Manchester and Salford Junction Canal | Statement: [Castlefield Basin, connectedTo, Manchester and Salford Junction Canal]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
Context triple: [Castlefield Basin, connectedTo, Manchester and Salford Junction Canal]
  • A. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal
    The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is a historic, largely disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built during the Industrial Revolution to transport coal and other goods between Manchester and the surrounding towns of Bolton and Bury.
  • B. Macclesfield Canal
    The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • E. Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
    The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
Triple: [Castlefield Basin, connectedTo, Manchester and Salford Junction Canal]
Generated description
The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal was a short, now-disused industrial waterway in Manchester that once linked key basins and canals beneath the city to facilitate freight transport during the industrial era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manchester and Salford Junction Canal
Target entity description: The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal was a short, now-disused industrial waterway in Manchester that once linked key basins and canals beneath the city to facilitate freight transport during the industrial era.
  • A. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal
    The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is a historic, largely disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built during the Industrial Revolution to transport coal and other goods between Manchester and the surrounding towns of Bolton and Bury.
  • B. Macclesfield Canal
    The Macclesfield Canal is a historic narrow canal in northwest England, known for its scenic route through Cheshire and its role in the region’s 19th-century industrial transport network.
  • C. Leeds and Liverpool Canal
    The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a major historic waterway in Northern England that links the cities of Leeds and Liverpool, passing through Lancashire and serving as an important route for industrial transport during the Industrial Revolution.
  • D. Rochdale Canal
    The Rochdale Canal is a historic English waterway linking Manchester with Sowerby Bridge, notable for its series of locks and role in the region’s industrial development.
  • E. Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal
    The Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal is a historic English waterway that forms a key part of the route between the Midlands and the northwest, now incorporated into the Shropshire Union Canal network.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d81c6543a48190bd5ba93d7419e797 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2fab17008190981f1808726fa11c completed April 14, 2026, 12:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd192ee1ac81908663ebd2e06784f1 completed May 7, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd2315cf6881908fc83b273c966cae completed May 7, 2026, 11:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd238d6a7c8190980388e9027e3a72 completed May 7, 2026, 11:43 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:20 p.m.